Camino Inglés
22.8 km, 683 m up and 302 m down, through 9 places, 1 of which has somewhere to sleep. Where you stop is up to you.
Every place on the path in order, with the distance from O Burgo. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.
After crossing the bridge, a steep climb on pavement takes you up through Culleredo and into the municipality of Cambre. The path crosses the medieval Ponte da Xira over the Río Valiñas, then continues climbing through Sigrás, Ancéis, and on into Carral municipality. The terrain transitions from suburban to rural. Fountains are few — the next reliable water is at the fountain in Ancéis.
A small parish with more pilgrim history than you'd expect. The Igrexa de Santiago de Sigrás is a 12th-century Romanesque church with a 17th-century seated Santiago figure holding a pilgrim's staff. The current rectory s…
The Fonte de San Antonio, opposite the Pazo de Drozo, has a working fountain — refill your water here. A few benches and an information board make it a good rest spot. The Pazo de Drozo is a late 16th-century manor house…
A small hamlet at the entrance to Carral municipality. The Panadería Da Cunha is the first real refreshment stop since O Burgo — famous locally for its empanadas and traditional Carral bread. If it's open, stop. There's …
From Sergude the terrain becomes seriously rural. The next 13 km to Hospital de Bruma include the hardest climb on the entire Camino Inglés — a sustained ascent of nearly 6 km to the Alto de Peito. The views from the top take in A Coruña, Ferrol, and the coast. After the summit, the path descends through forest and scattered hamlets to Bruma. Carry food and water — services are effectively nonexistent.
A few houses along a lane. No services. The countryside between Sergude and Sarandós is quiet farmland and forest — enjoy it while the terrain is still gentle.
A small parish with a Baroque church and a café (Café Bar O Central) — though its hours are unreliable, especially on holidays. The sustained climb to the Alto de Peito begins in earnest just past here. Near the hamlet o…
A crossroads marked by a cruceiro. No services. You're passing through the parish of Santa Mariña de Beira.
A scattered rural parish — fewer than 500 people spread across 16 hamlets. No pilgrim services. Eucalyptus forest, small fields, granite farmsteads — deep rural Galicia.
A scattering of houses along the road. No services. Keep walking.
The next stretch to Sigüeiro is about 24 km through forest and rural paths. The terrain is predominantly flat with gentle inclines — a welcome change after the hills south of Betanzos. You'll pass through several tiny villages, but services are scarce until Sigüeiro. The walking is pleasant — eucalyptus groves, traditional hórreos, quiet lanes — but carry what you need.
Distance, climb and descent are measured along the GPS track for this camino — 461 recorded points across this span, the same track the app carries. The town-to-town figures in my data put it at 31.2 km.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.